Sasuke narrowed his eyes.
Sure enough, the Sage of Six Paths had noticed his identity.
He had imagined this scene before, and made preparations...
But there seemed to be no immediate hurry.
His eyes shifted, and Sasuke grinned.
First, he would try playing dumb to test the waters.
Maybe he could play dumb and catch the Sage off guard.
"What am I planning? You should already know, Sage. In fact, you could even be called a supporter, couldn't you?
Otherwise, you wouldn't have helped Hikari and Jiri, treated Naruto so favorably, or left my arrangements alone.
My plan is to use certain properties of the God Tree, combined with the nature of the Pure Land, to create a virtual world.
There will be genuine peace there.
With the boundary between life and death broken, death will no longer be the end, and many grudges can fade away.
We'll establish a new order in both the human world and the Spirit World.
The young will be cared for, the old will have support, and the strong will not bully the weak.
Absolute benefits, coupled with absolute authority, will force the Shinobi World to remain peaceful. Once they grow used to the new order, their intertwined interests will naturally prevent them from going back to their old ways.
This world needs a sweeping transformation.
And you are the key to everything-the greatest transformation within that transformation."
Sasuke spoke with impassioned fervor.
He decisively ignored the possible hostility in the Sage's words.
Instead, he pretended not to understand and laid out his plans for the Shinobi World.
But before he could finish, having just slipped in a few veiled insults, the old Sage rapped him on the head with a Black Rod.
It gave Sasuke quite a fright.
It didn't really hurt. The